(a) the total no of persons living below the poverty line in Madhaya Pradesh and Rajasthan as on date;
(b) the quantity of foodgrains including wheat provided by the Union Government to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on subsidised rates during the last five years; commodity-wise;
(c) whether the foodgrains allotted to above States are as per the requirements of these States; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH )
(a): The Estimated number of families living below the poverty line, based on the poverty estimates of the Planning Commission (1993-94) and the projected population of the Registrar General of India as on 1.3.2000, for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are 41.25 lakh families and 24.31 lakh families respectively.
(b): The quantity of foodgrains provided by the Government of India to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan under Public Distribution System and other Welfare Schemes is at Annexure.
(c)&(d): The allocation of foodgrains under the Targetted Public Distribution System is based on the State-wise estimated number of families or the number of ration cards issued by the concerned State Governments, which ever is lower. The allocation under the Welfare Schemes run by various Ministries/Departments of the Government of India are as per the set norm and guidelines.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.46 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 5.7.2004 IN THE LOK SABHA.
(A) Allocation of foodgrains under Public Distribution System (in thousand tonnes)
MADHYA PRADESH
Year Rice Wheat
1999-2000 412.200 503.880 2000-2001 577.452 814.762 2001-2002 411.064 939.527 2002-2003 1240.167 3065.202 2003-2004 723.875 3367.445
RAJASTHAN
Year Rice Wheat
1999-2000 15.860 633.220 2000-2001 33.062 1251.943 2001-2002 16.926 1412.643 2002-2003 83.262 3879.870 2003-2004 78.432 3624.685
(B) Allocation of food grains under Welfare Schemes
MADHYA PRADESH (in thousand tonnes)
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT
MID-DAY- 80.63 138.09 44.35 146.26 49.31 161.34 128.08 37.75 39.99 121.83 MEAL-SCHEME
WHEAT BASED - 1.20 5.73 55.16 61.50 2.00 - 80.00 - 60.00 NUTRITION PROGRAMME
SC/ST/OBC - - - - 19.18 44.53 12.72 51.00 2.55# 14.37# HOSTELS/ WELFARE INSTITUTIONS
ANNAPURNA - 14.38 - - - - - - - - Food for Work - - 43.43 145.24 - - - - - - SPL.COM. SGRY - - - - - 127.98 349.78 - - - SGRY - - - - 89.92 265.88 63.58 283.60 57.26 153.28
RAJASTHAN (in thousand tonnes)
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT RICE WHEAT MID-DAY- MEAL-SCHEME - 130.31 - 186.65 - 154.04 - 170.08 - 168.92
WHEAT BASED NUTRITION - 2.00 - 4.60 - 5.16 - - - 4.00 PROGRAMME
SC/ST/OBC - - 3.22 - 0.47 39.74 0.48 39.72 0.09# 9.00# HOSTELS/ (Rice+ WELFARE Wheat) INSTITUTIONS
ANNAPURNA - 5.70 12.64 - 12.64 - - - 12.64 12.63 (Rice+ (Rice+ Wheat) Wheat)
Food for Work - - - 621.36 - - - - - -
SPL.COM. SGRY - - - - - - - 1357.63 - -
SGRY - - - - - 137.59 - 224.97 - 108.14
# for April to June,2004